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CBeebies
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Disney and Nick buy Bing Bunny
Preschool toon series Bing Bunny has been acquired by several big name broadcasters and kids…
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BBC launches first TV Everywhere service
BBC Worldwide has launched BBC Player, a branded TV Everywhere service in partnership with Singaporean…
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Sky Kids App launches in Germany, Austria
Sky has launched its new Sky Kids App in Germany and Austria, offering content from…
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CBeebies, Zodiak execs launch kids prodco
Jon Hancock and David Hallam have created a new Manchester- based kids indie, Three Arrows…
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BBC, Fremantle team again for kids series
The kids division of UK pubcaster the BBC, and FremantleMedia Kids & Family are teaming…
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Televisa SVOD net takes Imira package
Televisa’s Latin American SVOD service, Blim, has bought eight children’s series from Spanish distributor Imira…
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Mexican deal for CBeebies
BBC Worldwide, the UK public broadcaster’s commercial arm, has secured a deal for its CBeebies…
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BBC Worldwide launches Asia SVOD service
BBC Worldwide is launching a multi-genre SVOD platform in Singapore this year, with plans to…
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BBC says channels safe as Kids iPlayer launches
UK pubcaster the BBC has launched a kids-specific version of its iPlayer on-demand service, while…
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CBeebies to make MENA debut through beIN
BBC pre-school channel CBeebies is due to launch in the Middle East and North Africa…
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CBeebies learns that Dog Loves Books
UK children’s channel CBeebies is investing in an animated series based on books from author…
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CBeebies hands 7Wonder debut kids commission
UK-Australian prodco 7 Wonder has landed its first children’s television commission, a 25-part series for…
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ABC secures Irish hybrid kids series
Australian pubcaster the ABC has bought live-action/animated series Little Roy from Irish children’s television company…
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MIPJunior Hot Pick: Go Jetters
Go Jetters hails from BBC In-house Production and BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of the…
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Raydar cruises into Cannes with Sydney Sailboat
Indie distributor Raydar Media has ABC preschool series Sydney Sailboat for MIPJunior and MIPCOM. The…
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Bing bunny goes global
UK-originated animated series Bing has been bought by a raft of international broadcasters. The series,…
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BBC kids orders more Roy shows
BBC kids channels CBeebies and CBBC have jointly commissioned a new 52x14mins season of Little…
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BBC plans standalone children’s iPlayer
Britain’s pubcaster, the BBC, is to launch a standalone children’s version of popular on-demand service…
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French, Scandi nets buy CBeebies series
Gulli and Tiji in France are among the latest buyers of DHX Media-sold CBeebies kids…
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CBeebies: report card, recent hits, shopping lists
CBeebies controller Kay Benbow and her CBBC counterpart Cheryl Taylor took the stage at the…
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Sky to hire first kids content chief
UK pay TV provider Sky is to launch a dedicated kids app next year and…
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CBeebies goes to The Farm
UK preschool channel CBeebies has commissioned a five-part series about farming featuring former boyband star…
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Korean toon trio at Cartoon Forum
European animation coproduction event Cartoon Forum will this year feature a trio of toons from…
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Nickelodeon US buys Teletubbies reboot
Nickelodeon has bought the new Teletubbies series, taking the preschool reboot into the US. Nick…
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Geography, play-along for CBeebies
UK preschool channel CBeebies has commissioned a show based on world geography and a play-along…
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CBeebies building blocks in Japan, Korea
BBC Worldwide has sealed deals with KBS in Korea and Kids Station in Japan and…
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Furchester Hotel opens on CBeebies nets
Preschool series The Furchester Hotel is heading to CBeebies channels in Africa, Australia and Poland….
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Aardman takes on Baby Cow’s Wussywat
UK-based producer and distributor Aardman has picked up international rights to Wuusywat, the first preschool…
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Eye Present & CBeebies to co-produce ChuckaBops
Kids prodco Eye Present is coproducing ChuckaBops a new preschool series with UK channel CBeebies….
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BBC kids nets joint-order Arabian Nights series
Preschool channel CBeebies and older-skewed BBC sister CBBC have jointly-commissioned a contemporary re-imaginging of the…